Too Much Music, a feature documentary in development, focuses on Kiki Gyan, a Ghanaian keyboard prodigy who gained international fame as a teenager with Afro-rock pioneers Osibisa. As his musical contributions went largely unrecognized, tensions around credit and ownership led him to leave the band and pursue a solo career in London, Lagos and New York, where he shaped African disco and funk.
Director Aseye Fiagbe, who produced the project through her Aseye Fiagbe Creative Studio in Ghana, presented the work-in-progress at the 2026 edition of Open Doors, the Locarno Film Festival's co-production platform for filmmakers from equity-seeking communities. The project won one of three Open Doors Grants at the festival's second edition, which focused on films from Africa.
The documentary uses archival material and testimonies from family and collaborators to reconstruct the forces that shaped Gyan's journey. Fiagbe said the film explores how artists are remembered, who controls their stories, and what is lost when brilliance becomes reframed as failure. Gyan's life story, which often centers on addiction and death, has overshadowed recognition of his musical work, according to the project synopsis.
Fiagbe, whose prior credits include the short The Gentleman and an episode of Bad Mama, said the Open Doors grant has allowed the team to continue development work. Writing and research are ongoing, particularly around London, Lagos and the United States, while the filmmakers pursue archival research and build the international production structure around the film.
